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B. Anther-cells straight or simply curved (hippocrepiform or 

 flexuous in Bryonopsis and Dactyliandra) . 

 *Connective of anther not produced at the apex. 

 Anther-cells flexuous or hippocrepiform. 



Style inserted in an annular disk. Stipuliform bract . 25. Bryonopsis. 

 Annular disk 0. Petioles with a stipuliform bract at the 



base 26. Dactyliandra. 



Anther-cells straight or simply curved. 



Annular disk 0. Petioles with a stipuliform bract at the 



base 27. Ctenolepis. 



Style inserted in an annular disk. Stipuliform bract . 28. Zehnekia. 

 ♦Connective of anther produced at the apex. 

 Style inserted into an annular disk. 



Fruit sessile. Seed pitted 29. Mukia. 



Fruit on a slender pedicel. Seeds green 30. Melothria. 



Annular disk 0, or very obscure. 



Fruit fleshy, indehiscent 31. Bhynchogarpa. 



Fruit dehiscing transversely at the base 32. Corallocarpus. 



Trtbe 2. Abobrese. — Stamens 3, filaments free ; anther-cells flexuous. Ovary 

 Z-^-eeUed; cells with 1 or 2 ascending ovules. 



33. Trianosperma. 



Tribe 3. Sicyoidese. — Stamens 3-5, filaments usually connate. Ovary 1-celled, 

 with 1 pendulous ovule. 



34. Sicyos. 



1. TELFAIRIA, Hook.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 821 



Dioecious. Malefl.: Racemed. C alyx- tube short ; lobes crenate. Co- 

 rolla rotate, 5-partite ; lobes fimbriate. Stamens 3, filaments short, 

 free : anthers dilated, one 2-celled, two 4-celled, cells curved. Female 

 fl. : Solitary. Staminodes 0. Ovary oblong, base tumid and lobed (in 

 T. pedata), 3-5-celled, cells imperfectly divided; style short, stigma 

 3-lobed ; ovules many, 1 -seriate on the imperfect septa. Fruit elongate, 

 ribbed, 3-5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds large, orbicular, testa fibrous. 

 — A lofty climber. Leaves digitate ; leaflets oblong. Tendrils 2-fid. 

 Flowers rather large, pale purple ; male pedicels bracteate. — Ampelo- 

 sicyos, Thouars. 



Leaves penninerved 1. T. pedata. 



Leaves 3-plinerved from near the base 2. T. occidentalis. 



1. T. pedata, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2751-2 ; Bot. Misc. ii. 154, t. 81, 

 82. Root stout, fleshy. Stem perennial, 50-100 ft. long. Leaves 

 long-petioled ; leaflets 3-5 in., acuminate, repand-toothed, glabrous 

 except the puberulous nerves below, papillose beneath, nerves all uni- 

 formly proceeding from the midrib at an angle of 45°. Tendrils lateral, 

 with a pubescent tubercle on the stem opposite their insertion. Male 

 peduncle pubescent ; bracteoles 2, serrate. Flowers pale purple, 2 in. 

 diameter. Petals obovate-cuneate, purplish, pubescent at the back, papil- 

 lose within. Female fl. : About 4 in. diameter. Ovary obtusely 10-rib- 

 bed, warted. Fruit fleshy, sometimes 60 lbs. weight, 2-300-seeded. 

 Seed 1 in. broad, cotyledons eatable. — Feuillcea pedata , Bot. Mag. t. 2681. 



